OpenSPP Disability Registry#

A digital system for standardized disability assessment and inclusive program targeting

The OpenSPP Disability Registry provides structured disability assessment and tracking for social protection programs. It implements internationally recognized standards — the Washington Group Short Set (WG-SS) for adults and the UNICEF Child Functioning Module (CFM) for children — enabling programs to identify persons with disabilities, manage assistive device needs, and apply disability criteria in eligibility targeting.

Key features#

Standardized disability assessment – Conduct structured assessments using the Washington Group Short Set (WG-SS) for adults and the UNICEF Child Functioning Module (CFM) for children aged 2–17. Assessment type is automatically selected based on the registrant's age at the time of assessment.

Six-domain functioning measurement – Capture difficulty levels across six core domains: seeing, hearing, walking, remembering, self-care, and communicating. Disability status is automatically computed when any domain reaches "a lot of difficulty" or "cannot do at all," in line with the WG standard.

Age-appropriate child assessments – Apply the CFM 5–17 instrument for school-age children and CFM 2–4 for young children, with proxy response tracking for cases where a parent or caregiver answers on the child's behalf.

Impairment classification – Record impairment type, cause, and severity using DCI-aligned vocabulary codes (ICF-based). Multiple impairment types per assessment are supported.

Assistive device management – Track assistive device needs, requests, and provisions for each registrant. A built-in status workflow (needed → requested → provided) and an unmet-need flag make it easy to identify gaps and prioritize support.

Review scheduling – Assign a review category to each assessment — improvement expected (12 months), improvement possible (3 years), or improvement not expected (6 years) — and automatically compute the next review date.

Approval workflows – Route assessments through configurable multi-tier approval before the result becomes the registrant's active disability status, ensuring data quality and accountability.

Eligibility targeting with CEL – Use built-in CEL functions to apply disability criteria in program eligibility rules, including household-level checks such as whether any member has a disability or how many members need reassessment.

Who is it for?#

Government agencies implementing inclusive social protection policies

Social protection programs targeting persons with disabilities or households with disabled members

Health and welfare ministries conducting population-level disability assessments

Program implementers needing disability-aware eligibility and entitlement rules

Next step#

The OpenSPP Disability Registry is an open-source product, built and supported by the OpenSPP community. Read more about installing OpenSPP Disability Registry.